Ways to make your site more dynamic

How important is it to make your site more dynamic.                                                     For one thing, it gives the users something to engage in.                                             When you can get users to engage in your site to keep                                             coming back for more, you have built a community.

You can start with Video. - Video keeps people watching.

Put up an RSS feed. -  An Active community is a great way to greet people.

Widgets will work. - Widgets is sort of like a camouflage that gives your site the appearance of being dynamic.

Images always work. - If the image is interesting, you have caught their eye.

Get into the Podcast. - This is for you tech savvy people to relate on a more personal level.

Gotta love them Polls. - Your audience loves to play so why not give them something to play with.

Get locked with a Live Cam. - Let the users see you in action.

Famous Websites

Famous Websites

http://www.famouswebsites.biz/

I like this site for its consistency. Check it out and judge for yourself one of the many websites that have used the element of laughter to capture me into filtering through one's site.

How Those Famous Websites Have Evolved Throughout the Years

How Those Famous Websites Have Evolved Throughout the Years

http://www.queness.com/post/2208/how-those-famous-websites-have-evolved-throughout-the-years

I thought you guys might get a kick out of the way todays websites looked like some years back.  You will notice that these websites have moved forward with todays forever changing technologies.

10 Most Important Web Design Tips

10 Most Important Web Design Tips

http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/articles/tips

1. Red On Blue Isn't Good

2. I Don't Like Your Java Clock

3. Popup Window? I'm Leaving!

4. I Don't Wait For Adverts To Load

5. Hide That Counter!


6. I Don't Know How To Find What I Want

7. Don't Keep Moving Things

8. I Am Not Interested In You Or Your Awards

9. Don't Crowd The Screen

10. Make Your Site Sticky


For further details, visit the site to add more arsenal to your  weaponry.

Top 20 Most Important Names in Web Design Going into 2010

Top 20 Most Important Names in Web Design Going into 2010

http://designtutorials4u.com/top-20-most-important-names-in-web-design/

Check out the site above to learn from the web designers that take it 12 levels up from the rest. Looking at their work will give you a new appreciation and respect to someone who shows a glimpse of innovation in giving the surfers of the world wide web, new ways to become entertain in this field of design. They are at the top of their game.

AgencyNet
Jason Santa Maria
Vitaly Friedman and Smashing Magazine
Juxt Interactive

Domani Studios

Dan Cederholm

Larissa Meek

Veerle Pieters

Avenue A-Razorfish

45Royale inc.

Fabio Sasso

Brendan Dawes

Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain/31Three

Mike Precious

Collis Taeed/Tuts+

Anatoly Zenkov

Tutorial9

Douglas Bowman

Jonathan Snook

Critical Mass

The Rights and Wrongs

The Rights and Wrongs

http://www.redlemonclub.com/general/your-online-portfolio-the-rights-and-wrongs/

Rights

Be mindful of your target audience.  Be aware that the majority of visitors will want to access your site quickly and easily.

Make your best work visible from the start. Show your talents off.

Be honest. The truth shall set you free.

Be descriptive. Paint a picture in the user's mind. Entertain the mind of your visitor.

Be mobile phone compatible. Technology is a changing. Stay ahead of the game so you can become one of the trailblazers of this game.

Make your work shareable. Make it easy for people to share your work with others.

Have professional and accessible contact information. Your a professional now, act like one.

Be clear and simple. Leave the clutter for the clutter bugs.

Have your work easy to keep up with. You never know if your work is a start of a trend. Make it easy to get and share.

Categorize your work.  Why be disorganized? The way you display tells all how much knowledge you have with design.

Wrongs

Never updating your portfolio. Never stop buzzing. Show the world you are still alive.

Small thumbnails. 

Being trigger-happy with your window settings. 

Use low quality images. Watch the quality of your images.

Using Flash for the sake of it. 

Negative Space My Friends!

Add simplicity to your design by utilizing negative space.

http://www.quality-web-solutions.com/blog/negative-space-its-usage-and-importance-in-website-design/

• What Is It?
• Is It Good For your Website?
• Why It is Important For Your Website
• How To Locate Negative Space
• Where to Use Negative Space

Keep the interface clutter free by learning how less is actually more. You need to train yourself to be able to design negative space effectively, differently.  Visit the above website to start on your training.